Horizon 2020 EU-funded Project Cultural-E is officially launching the PEB HUB, the Plus Energy Building (PEB) repository with the support of the ACE HUB. The PEB HUB aspires to become a community powered by Plus Energy Buildings professionals. It is meant to support and empower designers in transitioning towards a European building stock that produces more final energy than it uses. In this inauguration, an online webinar will take place on March 18, 2025 at 11:00 am. During the webinar PEB designers covering different EU contexts will share first-hand some of the main challenges they faced when designing their PEBs.  

Read the full agenda below: 

• 11:00 – 11:05 – Welcome introduction (Beatriz Pineda and Annamaria Belleri) 
• 11:05 – 11:20 – Presentation of the different sections in the PEB HUB – walking the audience through the platform (and providing a link to the operational platform). Technical aspects and designers’ guidelines, including socio-cultural aspects (Annamaria Belleri and Beatriz Pineda)
• 11:20 – 11:25 – Presentation of PEB HUB Interest Group at ACE HUB app – The online community aims to be an activity channel for information sharing on Positive/Plus Energy Buildings.
• 11:25 – 11:50 – Panel discussion with 2 PEB cases addressing the following questions:  What are the main challenges in designing a PEB?  How can the PEB HUB support different PEB professionals?
• 11:50 – 12:00 – Q&A and discussion

In this Occassion, two following PEB cases will be presented:

1. PEB Case 1 : Cultural-E German Demonstration Building in Ostfildern, close to Stuttgart, Germany – residential and office building. Presenters: Ringo Offermann (Wohnbau Studio) and Hermann Leis (Leis SIZ-EGS)
2. PEB Case 2 : EXCESS project – Spanish Demonstration Building in Valladolid, Spain – retrofit and renovation of a historic building into residential use. Presenters: Maria Cantalapiedra (URB-ATELIER) and Raul Ciria Aylagas (CENER)

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